UND plays host to inaugural University System Staff Leadership Conference Friday The North Dakota University System will hold its inaugural Staff Leadership Conference Friday, Nov. 14, at the Memorial Union Badlands Room. The conference will begin at 10 a.m. with registration, and adjourn at 3 p.m., just in time for campus tours. President Robert Kelley is slated to deliver the welcome address at 10:30 a.m. The other featured speakers will be Robert Boyd, vice president of student and outreach services, and NDUS Chancellor Bill Goetz. Topics to be discussed include staff senate election procedures, funding sources projects and activities, challenges and accomplishments. Participants schedule to attend are: Mary Morrell and Rita Nodland, Bismarck State College Kelly Steffes and Christie Chernich, Dickinson State University Bobbi Lunday, Nicole Lundquist and Cindy Rerick, Lake Region State College Jane Grinde, Sharyl Hanson and Gail Schumann, Mayville State University Nathan Anderson, Linda Benson and Matt Schaefer, Minot State University Stuart Oien and Michael O'Toole, Minot State University-Bottineau Shirley Fox-Trydahl, Joel Kotschevar and Ann McGray, North Dakota State College of Science Steve Bergeson, Barb Geeslin, Pam Hommen, Vance Olson and Janine Trowbridge, North Dakota State University Janice Hoffarth, Joneen Iverson, Loren Liepold and Diane Nelson, University of North Dakota Jan Drake, Valley City State University Lynn Haverlock and Melissa Meyer, Williston State College -- Jan Orvik, Writer/Editor, University Relations, janorvik@mail.und.nodak.edu, 777-3621